Fredericksburg City Council members heard positive news about ground water supply in Gillespie County during their regular meeting Monday evening.
“It seems like 90 percent of the calls I get through my office are regarding our water supply,” Clinton Bailey, city public works and utilities director, said.
“People are curious about watering restrictions, how much rain we’re getting and what we’re forecasting for the future.”
After several years of particularly arid conditions locally, things seem to be trending back up, Bailey said.
“Our wells are doing fairly well and better than this time last year,” he noted.
Fredericksburg currently operates seven primary ac-tive wells in their Knauth and Boerner well fields. A third well is expected to come online at the Knauth field later this year.
“Since about 2005, every year we’ve been trending down just a little bit. We don’t quite rebound back from where we were the last year,” Bailey said. “This year, it looks like we might have a little hope. We might be seeing a little bit of rebound out there (at the Knauth well field).”
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